Oil and Water Part 2
Oil and gas operators have a complicated relationship with water. Is it a valuable resource or a necessary evil? Turns out, it’s both. On the one hand, water is necessary for drilling, fracking, and stimulating.....

Should crude oil from Alberta be refined in Alberta?
Shortly before the demise of the Alberta Conservative dynasty when they were morphed out – or is it smurfed out – of office by a then and still now palpitating NDP political offering, it was decided that Alberta oil...

North Dakota Producing Wells Set Another Record
The North Dakota Industrial Commission released its latest Oil and Gas Production Report today, outlining hydrocarbon activity in the state for June 2017. 1,032 MBOPD, 1,850 MMcf/d produced in June. Unconventional.....

You’re the CEO, How Will You Develop Your Acreage?
Once you’ve locked up the acreage, the permits and the capital, drilling and developing shale plays is fraught with difficult operational decisions. How do companies know if they’re making the right choices when it comes

Oil and Water Part 1
This article will be the first of a short series in which we’ll examine the relationship between water resources and oil and gas operations in Oklahoma. As usual, I’ll be exploring several geographic questions to guide

Commentary – Is Lithium the New Oil?
“Lithium is the new oil,” goes the saying in electric vehicle (EV) circles. If you haven’t heard the catchy maxim, it means that new-age batteries made from elemental lithium are the energy world’s “in-thing.”.......

Visualizing Oil Production in the Eagle Ford
This interactive presentation contains the latest oil & gas production data from 19149 horizontal wells in the Eagle Ford region (TRRC districts 1-5), that started producing since 2010, through February 2017. After....